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Paul Chadwick (author)
Paul Chadwick (1902–1972) was a pulp magazine author who wrote many stories under his own name and various pseudonyms. As was the case with many prolific contributors to the pulps, he wrote in a number of different literary genre, genres including detective fiction, detective stories, science fiction and Western (genre), westerns. He created ''Secret Agent X'', published under the "house name" of Brant House, and also wrote the one and only issue of the ''Doc Savage'' clone ''Captain Hazzard'' (May 1938) under the name of Chester Hawks. Many of Chadwick's detective stories feature the hardboiled character Wade Hammond, who first appeared in ''Detective-Dragnet/Ten Detective Aces'' magazine in 1931. The Hammond stories were notable in combining three emerging genres of the time: science fiction and weird menace as well as hardboiled detectives., Introduction by Larry Estep et al. His publishing record is sparse for the years during World War II and immediately following. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ace Mystery 193607
An ace is a playing card, Dice, die or domino with a single Pip (counting), pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit (cards), suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades. This embellishment on the ace of spades started when James VI and I, King James VI of Scotland and I of England required an insignia of the printing house to be printed on the ace of spades. This insignia was necessary for identifying the printing house and stamping it as having paid the new stamp tax. Although this requirement was abolished in 1960, the tradition has been kept by many card makers. In other countries the stamp and embellishments are usually found on ace cards; clubs in France, diamonds in Russia, and hearts in Genoa because they have the most blank space. Etymology The word "ace" comes from the Old French word ''as'' (from Latin 'as') meaning 'a unit', from the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
